News from February 2019
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency released its perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) Management Plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been found guilty of illegally possessing an assault rifle and a loaded handgun in DuPage County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 11, 2019, Ryan Patrick Michell, 39, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Hon. G. Murray Snow to 30 months’ incarceration, followed by three year supervised release. On Sept. 27, 2018, a federal jury found Michell guilty of two counts of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: 24 INDIVIDUALS FACE A VARIETY OF DRUG-RELATED CHARGES.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., along with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, today are pleased to announce Senate passage of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA ).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA-Are you a high school junior who wonders if TV shows featuring the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are realistic, what the FBI really does day-to-day, and what it really takes to work for the FBI? If you are a teen currently attending school within the area the FBI’s Sacramento field...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom announced the approval of the Shorebird Management Plan/Environmental Assessment (November 2018). With the National Park Service Northeast Regional Director signature on the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), the plan is...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Tank Vessel Operator Convicted and Sentenced for Oil Discharge Offense, Vessel Captain Indicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WHEELING - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced today that the Northern District of West Virginia collected $1,815,859 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $654,180 was collected in criminal actions and $1,161,679 was collected in civil actions.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Mr. President, Today, I want to express my concerns about potential new tariffs. In a few days, the Secretary of Commerce is expected to provide the President a report. This report will detail his Department’s findings in the investigation of whether imports of automobiles and auto parts pose a national...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Oversight and Investigations Ranking Member Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the current measles outbreak and response efforts on Wednesday, February 27. More information on timing, location and witnesses will be announced next week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Defendant Referred in Code to 16 Kilograms of Cocaine as “Ripe Tomatoes".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency released its perfluorinated compounds (PFAS) Management Plan...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Hot Springs National Park is planning to conduct prescribed fire operations between February 15 and March 1, 2019, depending on weather. Controlled burns may be completed on Sugarloaf Mountain in the Cedar Glades Road area; along Bull Bayou near the Crabtree Cemetery; along Pullman Avenue; and on park property off of Blacksnake Road.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management invites the public to comment on its California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, off-highway vehicle recreation proposals for 2019, which are available on the Internet for review and comment from March 5 to May 6 at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former employee of Fannie Mae in Irvine has been found guilty of federal fraud charges related to bribes and kickbacks she took from brokers in exchange for Fannie Mae real estate listings and her approval of discounted sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - An Ohio man, Andrew J. Stone, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for committing sex crimes against minor girls, specifically transportation of a minor for unlawful sexual activity and production of child pornography. Stone, 33, of Rocky River, appeared before U.S District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former cheerleading coach has been found guilty of two federal felony charges for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico during the summer of 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former cheerleading coach has been found guilty of two federal felony charges for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico during the summer of 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: The House today adopted, on a bipartisan 300-128 vote, legislation that will keep the government open and fund important national priorities. The legislation, which ensures the entire federal government is funded through Sept. 30, was the product of a bipartisan, bicameral Conference Committee.
